Emerald City Comicon 2013 Preview

Hulk Win Contest! at ECCC, ComicsBlend.com
Hulk Win Contest! at ECCC, ComicsBlend.com

Like Bruce Banner transforming into the Hulk, Emerald City Comicon is getting bigger! The Seattle celebration of comic books, science fiction and gaming takes over the entire Washington State Convention Center this year giving eager fans more celebrities, more panels and more everything!

Sci-Fi legends Sir Patrick Stewart (Star Trek: The Next Generation, X-Men) Gillian Anderson (The X-Files) Walter Koeing (Star Trek) Billy Dee Williams (Star Wars) and Christopher LLoyd (Back to the Future, Star Trek: The Search for Spock) will shine for adoring fans in panels, photograph and autograph sessions where they could how about a real life space traveler? Astronaut Clayton “Clay” Anderson will be appearing in the ECCC Kids! area.

Adam West as Batman, courtesy Emerald City Comicon
Adam West as Batman, courtesy Emerald City Comicon

Pop Culture Icons Adam West and Burt Ward (Television’s Batman and Robin) are sure to inspire huge lines. Television’s Dynamic Duo will appear at a screening of the Batman film at Seattle’s Cinerama on Thursday night before the con begins and the Mayor will declare Mayor Adam West Day in Seattle in honor of the Walla Walla, Washington native.

    The Walking Dead is killing it on television! Stars of the zombie comic book turned smash series Danai Gurira (Michonne) and Michael Rooker (Merle Dixon) will face the hordes of fanatic fans. The Walking Dead artist Charlie Adlard will be appearing too. True Blood star Kristin Bauer, Dirk Benedict of Battlestar Galactica, Michael Shanks of Stargate and Misha Collins of Supernatural are among many other television actors shining for the fans.

Uncanny X-Men #135 cover courtesy Marvel.com. Art by John Byrne
Uncanny X-Men #135 cover courtesy Marvel.com. Art by John Byrne

Along with the stellar roster of celebrities folks can meet comic book legends who have made uncanny impacts on the heroes we see on the big screen. I’m most excited to meet Chris Claremont, writer of the X-Men series and creator of characters like Gambit, Emma Frost, Rogue, Sabretooth and Kitty Pryde. Claremont wrote my first comic book, Uncanny X-Men #116, and his work on the mutants is the comic book equivalent to the soundtrack of my life! The man gave us The Dark Phoenix Saga and Days of Future Past, inspiration for the upcoming X-Men sequel!

Denny O’Neil is another living legend famous for his runs on the Green Lantern/Green Arrow and Batman series with fellow guest Neal Adams. O’Neil was the Marvel editor of Frank Miller’s classic Daredevil run and returned to DC as editor of the Batman family of books to oversee modern classics Continue reading Emerald City Comicon 2013 Preview

Gillian Anderson at Emerald City Comicon

 

courtesy Emerald City Comicon

  I’m thrilled to share that Gillian Anderson will appear at Emerald City Comicon 2013. The actress is best known for playing Agent Dana Scully in The X-Files television series and two feature films.

  Anderson won an Emmy, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award for playing Scully on the series. 2013 is the 20th Anniversary of The X-Files. She will appear Saturday and Sunday. Emerald City Comicon is March 1-3, 2013 in Seattle.

By Editor